Aquaponics best means to increase local food

Danielle Broida • December 6, 2012

Although Bon Appétit has pledged to buy 20% of its food locally, much of what is grown in Walla Walla does not meet their local standards. An aquaponics program would be a meaningful way to increase truly sustainable local food production while harnessing student creativity.

Image Wrong Focus For Sustainability Staff Position

Danielle Broida • November 15, 2012

Sustainability is not about image, admissions or rankings but rather about working towards solutions to our global environmental crisis. It’s time for Whitman to stop standing back and watching as students work endlessly to create a greener campus.

High Consumption Demands Tough Choices

Danielle Broida • October 31, 2012

Unless we can significantly reduce our resource use in America, blaming environmental issues on overpopulation is simply unethical, leaving us with the hard choice: to stop having kids like we suggest to the third world, or consume less.

Forums for radical discussion key to cracking Americans’ silence

Danielle Broida • October 18, 2012

Our world faces many grave challenges but Americans are as apathetic as ever. Forums for radical discussion are the best place to start combatting this trend.

Farmers must take greater role in preventative medicine

Danielle Broida • October 4, 2012

America is sicker than ever, and it is imperative that we see nutrition as the key to health, thereby embracing farmers as healers.